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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="libgimp3-gimpmessage.top_of_page"></a>gimpmessage</span></h2>
<p>gimpmessage — Display a dialog box with a message.</p>
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<span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>
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<a class="link" href="libgimp3-gimpmessage.html#gimp-message" title="gimp_message ()">gimp_message</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a href="../html/libgimpbase3-gimpbaseenums.html#GimpMessageHandlerType"><span class="returnvalue">GimpMessageHandlerType</span></a>
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<p>Display a dialog box with a message.</p>
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<a name="gimp-message"></a><h3>gimp_message ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>
gimp_message (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *message</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Displays a dialog box with a message.</p>
<p>Displays a dialog box with a message. Useful for status or error
reporting. The message must be in UTF-8 encoding.</p>
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<td class="parameter_description"><p>Message to display in the dialog.</p></td>
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<a name="gimp-message.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> TRUE on success.</p>
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<a name="gimp-message-get-handler"></a><h3>gimp_message_get_handler ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="../html/libgimpbase3-gimpbaseenums.html#GimpMessageHandlerType"><span class="returnvalue">GimpMessageHandlerType</span></a>
gimp_message_get_handler (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>Returns the current state of where warning messages are displayed.</p>
<p>This procedure returns the way g_message warnings are displayed.
They can be shown in a dialog box or printed on the console where
gimp was started.</p>
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<p> The current handler type.</p>
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<a name="gimp-message-set-handler"></a><h3>gimp_message_set_handler ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span>
gimp_message_set_handler (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="../html/libgimpbase3-gimpbaseenums.html#GimpMessageHandlerType"><span class="type">GimpMessageHandlerType</span></a> handler</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Controls where warning messages are displayed.</p>
<p>This procedure controls how g_message warnings are displayed. They
can be shown in a dialog box or printed on the console where gimp
was started.</p>
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<a name="gimp-message-set-handler.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> TRUE on success.</p>
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